Tuesday, August 15. 2006
 It was Iran that humbled Israel. Plus Olmert, who did not want any casualties. Long-term, Israel cannot survive that way.
At that rate, they will all have to move to Arizona, and let the Moslems turn Israel into the useless, backwards dump they have done everywhere else. Moslems respect force, and nothing else. Now Olmert is in trouble. He was not ready for prime time, nor was the army ready for anti-tank missiles. No more angels and baby Jesuses, but the US will have this "Christmas" stamp this year, FYI. Reserve yours now! And Happy Kwanzaa, too! BTW, a mere 131 shopping days 'til Christmas. (Am I allowed to say that evil word?)
 Racial profiling begins in the UK. It's about time. If my sort of people were blowing things up, I would not mind a bit - it keeps everyone safer, including honest Moslems. Ace
Resurrecting the Wooly Mammoth. Always wanted a pet mammoth. And they would be the green way to get to work, except that the nether end of their GI tract probably produces more greenhouse gasses than the average Hummer. Darn those Indians for killing them off. Gunther Grass admits his membership in the Waffen SS. "...before anti-semitism was fashionable," notes Glenn. "Diversity" and the illiberal academy: good stuff. Protein. A quote: True diversity, of course, is to be celebrated:
Monday, August 14. 2006
 That was a huge billboard, many years ago, as you approached NYC from Yankeeland, via the Bruckner Blvd. Levy's rye bread. Good bread, with the whole flavorful caraway seeds in it. The perfect bread, for us gentiles, for ham and swiss cheese, with plenty of mustard!
That old sign was up there for 15 years or more. As a kid, it seemed exotic: I never had met a Jewish person. Later, they ran ads like the one on the right, in the newspapers. A sort-of precursor of Benetton. You do not have to be Jewish to find Nathan's Aliyah Diary interesting. Check it out, if you haven't. Israel is serious about citizenship: it is not a right - it is a hard-earned privilege. Requiring a Jewish doctor/professor from America to work in the persimmon orchards, and to clean the horse stalls, says it all. Would your doctor do that? What would you or I be willing to do to become an American citizen? It just happens that Maggie's Farm has no Jewish staff (except for our guest author Nathan, who posts willy-nilly from various points in Israel). However, we support Israel - not as a US puppet - but as a democratic, free, civilized, peace-loving state which has become the scapegoat of the Middle East, and their favorite hate-object with which they maintain power.
I will pitch in and give Bird Dog a hand with some
 Hello. Good morning. The Left is anti-Semitic. End of rant. Read it yourself "Nazi Kikes out of Lebanon." And the Left doesn't want to believe in Jihad. Why? Because they don't know what to do. And one more rant/thought: Why is war a "crisis"? War is not crisis. It is war.
Jihadists throughout Brit universities. Very nice. Aren't those Brits "nice." Very MULTICULTURAL! But they caught the head of Al Quaida in Britistan. Also, Brit Moslems urge Blair to "stop violence." Huh? Scoop? Good fun. "I was raised in the Hebrew faith, but I converted to narcissism."
Sunday, August 13. 2006
Ths is good - touches all of the bases. Watch it, and see anti-Israel propaganda at work, live. Fake, but accurate? http://www.aish.com/movies/PhotoFraud.asp
 Editor Bird Dog feels like a one-armed paper-hanger around the Farm right now, with the News Junkie in Mt. Desert Island, the Chairman at Northeast Harbor, The Barrister preoccupied with his grandkids, and Gwynnie at her California mountain retreat. With the help of some Summertime Re-posts, we shall persevere.
The Doryman's Reflection: A Fisherman's Life. This looks good. Bookslut And speaking of dory fishing, here's a good link about it. 51% of Dems want Bush to fail. There is something deeply wrong about that attitude towards one's country. Polipundit When you flush in NYC, where does it go? Sierra Blanca, Texas. Remind me to never go there. Does masturbation make you blind? Furedi at Spiked makes the case that the Masturbation Movement's agenda is to make people blind to love and passion. Brave New World: Biology. From a piece in The Atlantic: Inside the Billionaire Service Industry: "A comparable level of exclusivity is available to the well-heeled patient wanting insulation from the American health-care system. For initiation fees of $1,000 to $15,000 and annual dues of between $2,500 and $50,000 (six levels of membership are available), a company called PinnacleCare assigns “advocates” who will manage a client’s health care—investigating specialists and medical research, securing access to top doctors, and juggling appointments. (The cost of the treatment itself is separate.) Nearly all of the advocates are women, and they exude a motherly efficiency, cooing to their clients and sweet-talking the surgeons. But one suspects that their claws come out when necessary. Having an advocate present during a hospital stay, one client said, is like having an extremely knowledgeable relative on hand for hours a day, exerting relentless pressure to get whatever the patient needs."
Saturday, August 12. 2006
Guys dancing on treadmills. Very clever You Tube The Fantasy World of International Law. Rabkin in Weekly Standard. h/t, Powerline The Eurosoviet Union? Free speech in the EU under threat. Classical Values NYT tries to understand terrorist "grievances." It's very simple, folks: The world isn't dominated by mullahs yet. That's the grievance. The Times is so Left that they cannot contemplate religious/spiritual motives: everything is material, and only the US is evil. And here is an example of what mullahs do to women. Betsy takes a look at Reuters' anti-Israel and anti-USA bias. A nuclear power website. h/t, Synthstuff It's time to profile terrorists. Duh. Examiner Al Gore: hypocrite.
Friday, August 11. 2006
If these bombers were indeed second- and third-generation Brits of Pakistani origin, and therefore reasonably assimilated, then their plot and organization falls into the same category as all of the others: Jihad is what it's about, pure and simple. Hatred of the infidels. Here are some life details about one of them, at Jihad Watch. Thanks are due to the Brits, the NSA, and the Pakistan govt, for coordinating on this. What terror threat? RWN Charles Johnson has made it to the big time, again. CSM American Exceptionalism and the current Dem party. Betsy Trained rats locate land mines in Africa. Video Reducing the g-load for affirmative action. LaShawn. What it says is that blacks are not as intelligent as others: is that what Affirmative Action supporters really believe? I do not believe that, but I do believe that Affirmative Action is a political scam. U-Haul: Does anyone have any idea why U-Haul will not permit trailing with Ford Explorers? Apparently Taurus is fine with them - even Mustangs, but not Explorers. Strange.
Thursday, August 10. 2006
 The bomb plots are the big news. Details at Drudge. More here at the BEEB. Gee, I sure hope they didn't trace any terrorist phone calls to catch these guys, don't you? How long will it take for someone to blame the US for this? My message: Yo, Brits - You have injected yourself with cancer cells, while pretending that all kinds of cells are "just cells." Yes, they are "cells" - terrorist cells. Now you have a big problem: metastatic cancer.
Getting to know you. We will learn more about Ned Lamont over the next few months. Kesler reviews his political heritage: A red diaper baby. Funny. Admadinejad on "the hook-nosed Jew." Bloomberg rushes to support Lieberman. CT happens to be a state with more Independents than either Rs or Ds. (Foolish of them, for sure, because they cannot vote in the primaries. You have a larger voice by registering, picking your candidate first, and then voting for whomever you wish.) Mike Wallace "impressed" by Ahmadinejad. Umm, what does this say about Mike Wallace? I recall that Joe Kennedy thought Hitler was a fine, earnest fellow who loved dogs (but neither of them were overly fond of Jews). Evil and danger rarely come with labels on them, but this guy has labelled himself. Image: Fine art from Australian Nude Surfing. They know how to have a good time. I like the wholesome, focused attitude of this gal: it appeals to me very much.
Wednesday, August 9. 2006
"Wrong and Weak": GOP already making the most of the Lamont win. (h/t, Townhall) Words and Pictures: Our team member Roger made the point earlier in the week, but here is a prime example of the increasingly shrill and desperate emanations from the Left-wing MSM: Globe slanders Iraq amputee vet - Gateway Iranians claim to have cloned a sheep? Any relation to my post on goat genitals? Perhaps their women dislike scratchy beards, but the goats and sheep are used to it. So DO IT, already. Olmert still hanging fire. He wants a war where no-one gets hurt. Wrong guy at the wrong time. Goodwin in NY Daily news: a snippet: This is fantasy. And that's what Lamont's victory is based on. That somehow we can pull out of Iraq, tell the terrorists they win - and we and our allies will not suffer any consequences. And if those Islamists misbehave, well, we'll just scoot back over there with our police force and arrest those naughty fellows. I believe that Islamic terrorists will stop at nothing in their mad quest to rule the globe. As a result, World War III has started, whether we like it or not. It will continue, whether we fight back or not. But if we think we can win by not fighting, then we're not just wrong. We're nuts. As in nutmeg.
Worker's Paradise news. Also, hey! Is Fidel dead yet? Haha - he is dancing here. Few hurricanes this year. Thank Bush. Yes, it was inevitable. The return of The Green Helmet Guy. h/t, SDA.
Many thought he was the mortician, but he's a Director of Press Relations for Hezbollah! A stew of related topics: Victimhood, Fake but Accurate, and "Greater Truths" - at Sisu. A good example of a blog post: engaging, many links, many sources, and a stew of ideas.
ACLU in LA opposes Katrina cross memorial on private land with private funds. You get the idea that, like the devil, a cross is death to them. And more: Alaska ACLU attacks church property tax exemptions. Special K may be a quick-acting antidepressant. Like heroin? Globe What will be the impact of the MySpace-Google alliance? TG Daily Great example of fauxtography: Michelle Bernard Lewis warns about the 22nd of August. (Drudge) Moslem woman-only beaches - in Italy! Will they take their burkhas off? What do they wear underneath? God forbid they have to associate with Italians, with all of those guys staring at their bella figura.
Tuesday, August 8. 2006
 Lieberman website and email hacked and shut down. Breitbart. Here is where his site was, until last night. I see a federal case. Lannie Davis will not be surprised.
Hotties in the IDF. h/t, Tim Blair Pollsters surprised by Hillary negatives. Why? Tort scams, and Vioxx. The latest. Is it true that over 50% of tort cases are scams? The view from my alley in Baghdad. Iraq the Model Cover your goats' genitals or face death - In Iraq. For whom, may I ask, are goat genitals arousing? Is that a Moslem thing, or what? Blogs will rebel against political speech. Yes - we all will. And we will not vote for McCain, either. Kim Half of US skeptical about media propaganda. Only half? Dixie Chicks cancelling tour dates. Sold a million of their newest, though.
Monday, August 7. 2006
 It's August - but the news will not quit. Reutersgate update, at Pajamas. Another Reuters scam. God knows how many times this same distraught lady has lost a home in Lebanon? Ynet notes that the Qana thing was staged, and by now everyone knows about the ubiquitous Mr. Green Helmet.
Napster may be for sale again. LA Mayor scared into apologizing to Moslems for his sympathy for Israel. What a pussy schmuck. What is wrong with "world opinion"? Everything. Rightly So Farewell to Susan Butcher. The only Iditerod driver whose name I knew, either. Do you vote with your amygdala or your prefrontal cortex (I use my hand, personally.) Russia drifting backwards, but without the Commie excuse this time. Publius PC. A healthy essay on the insidious topic. Linknzona The problem with universal suffrage. Uncle Felzer, at Moonbattery. Unbelievable hypocrisy from Kofi Annan. Is anyone surprised? Over-privileged kids. Is it any favor for them? Conspiracy Doublespeak in the Middle East. From our pal at Grandaddy Iran and U-238. Where are the headlines? Where have all the flowers gone? Will the Pete Seeger pacifist Left ever learn? Captain Ed Move On determined to crush Lieberman. Lamont probably will - but what kind of victory is defeating your own party? Is that worth a celebration? And did everyone already read Peretz' piece in Opinion Journal? Moslem London big wig copper blames Brit Moslem rage on Islamophobia. Has he been chatting with Al Sharpton? An excellent - if slanted - review of Lebanon, and the role of Hez in their politics, appearing in this coming Sunday's NYT Magazine. One quote: Hezbollah’s crowning moment came in May 2000, when Israeli forces withdrew from Lebanon after a 22-year presence. Refusing to accept the U.N.’s judgment that the withdrawal was complete, Hezbollah vowed to continue its ‘‘resistance.’’ While Hezbollah never quite made clear whether its resistance was ‘‘Lebanese’’ or ‘‘Islamic’’ in spirit (both terms were used interchangeably), this ambiguity went to the heart of the matter. Hezbollah simultaneously represented radical religious militancy and a peculiar sort of Lebanese patriotism, based on an existential struggle against Israel and the convenient ignoring of Syrian domination.
Whole thing here.
WWW turned 15 yesterday. Synthstuff The beauty premium. Yes, if you look good, you tend to get paid more. Did Feminism destroy "real men"? Daily Mail Mine is bigger than yours. The average new American house was 1600 sq. ft in 1975, and it was 2400 sq ft in 2005. Did Steinbeck create the myth of the Okies and the Dust Bowl? New Criterion says yes. Why do I love Beirut? Rantings of a Sandmonkey. Sissy has a couple of photo reasons, also. Is Nasrallah the new Arafat? Big Pharoah Square watermelons? I do not like these. Alphecca
Sunday, August 6. 2006
Hard hitting. That's Reuters. Getting to the bottom of things. By digging up from underneath, mostly. Well, rooting around down there, anyway. They're on no one's side - but their own. Well, them and the Green Helmet Guy, anyway. Reuters-They get the stories others miss --because the others don't care enough about the truth to make it up for you when you really need it.
When they say The Commandante "will be back with us soon" , do they mean like Lenin, under glass? And where is Waldo Raul? Is he alive? Something odd is going on in Cuba. Live tropical fish trade is destroying reef life. Lamont update. We told you it was a strange campaign. Just One Minute. Now it turns out he owns Wal-Mart stock (not in a fund, either), but preaches agin 'em. Woopsie. I thought our MA Dems were kooks, but CT is winning that contest. India orders Coke and Pepsi to make their formulae public. That'll be the day. My opinion? Camel urine, plus sugar. And why are we in Iraq? Forget oil. We are there for the benefit of Big Soda - for the camel urine. The end may be near for ACLU judicial blackmail. Moonbattery Yo Dilbert. Do cubicles have a future? The inventor of them regretted it. Hez declares open war on the US. Does that mean Iran does too? Front Page Dems increasingly renounce Israel. Betsy Oysters. Dr. Bliss inspired me to check the Oyster Bar's menu. Yes, they do offer many oyster varieties! And it is never the same. I'll take one of each. New York Night Life. Chatted with an early-20s kid working in NYC this summer. I learned that the young folks do not go out for the night until 11 or 12 pm. That's when the fun starts. And they tend to end up in Alphabet City around 4 AM. Only a few years ago, you would not enter Alphabet City without a Marine Corps guard. What a city! Thank you, Rudy. Thank you, Mike. They took NY back! Back from the creeps, and back from the Dem machine creepy politicians. It proves that you need two political parties. Sad to say, the Dems were killing the world's greatest city - while claiming it was "ungovernable." Yes - ungovernable by them. Rudy and Mike are not owned by anybody. Name me a single person who doesn't wish they owned a pied a terre in NY, these days.
Friday, August 4. 2006
Argument and disputation. Best basic intro to clear thinking and effective argument-building that I have come across thus far: Attacking Faulty Reasoning by T. Edward Damer. He also makes a strong case for the idea that moral positions are as amenable to logical inquiry as anything else. Our Maggie's Farm Barrister made me read it. A college course for $15 ain't bad. Is China engaged in organ-harvesting? From the phone calls quoted here, it sure sounds like it. We forget - because we want to forget - that people in the East have a different view of the value of the individual human life from that of us in the West. It's a multicultural thing, ya know? "Jews distrust the wrong Christians." Kesler The heat wave in Yankeeland broke last night. It was fun, while it lasted. Surgeons find odd collection of stuff in Serbian guy's stomach. That's Serbia for you. Anthill Socialism. Don't you want to sacrifice for the Greater Good? Don't you want your kids to learn how? People's Cube AOL: They emailed their new strategery today. Free AOL. Precisely what it's worth. A blog, called Get Rich Slowly. h/t, Synthstuff. But who wants to get rich slowly? I want MINE, NOW. OK. This is funny. Preppy Rap: Tea Partay at Youtube (fixed it) "I hate foreigners." Better not say that in Britain. The Thought Police siren will be getting closer every second. This is exactly like the Stasi or the Gestapo - and it is evil. Hey Brit coppers - I hate foreigners. I hate foreigners. I hate foreigners. Ha ha. Well, maybe I don't, but I can say it all I want. More on churches in disarray, self-doubt, and general wackiness. Hey, preachers! It's very simple: Come to Jesus, or get another job. A quote from Maxed Out Mama's piece: And another thing - it was after women started to be ordained as ministers within the Episcopalian church that it drove right off the rails. I predict that the next generation of Catholics are going to be a lot more conservative in their opinions. I laughed in the early 80's when Episcopalian women started holding conferences and talking about the "godess Sophia". But I cried when the diocese of Pennsylvania had "alternate liturgies" posted on its website that were clearly Wiccan in 2004, and conflicted ministers who could not decide whether they wanted to be Druids or Episcopalians most in 2005. And I wasn't even surprised when the Episcopalian conference refused a resolution suggesting the road to salvation lay through Jesus this year. They're now quite proud to claim that they cannot offer a "definitive road to salvation".
If they cannot offer that, then why the heck should I go to church when I could sleep in with the girlfriend du jour? (see photo)
Thursday, August 3. 2006
 Wal-Mart 101: A primer on why cities should want Wal-Marts around. It's called jobs, and affordable shopping. The NY Sun explains how dumb the Chicago aldermen were to keep Wal-Mart in the suburbs and out of the city. On the other hand, Wal-Mart's growth has been disappointing in Europe. Reason discusses why they aren't charmed by it - it's cultural.
They call this new technology: houses made from living trees and vines. I call it stone-age technology. What do you think? Israel admits mistake with Qana. More honor there than you will see in ten centuries of Jihad. Andy Card: keep up with his three-part interview at Newsmax. He asserts media did harm security. We posted Melanie Phillip's Londonistan recently. The otherwise fine, huge, and worthy Brooklyn Public Library has decided not to buy it. Scared of the Moslems. That is sick. They aren't afraid of offending anyone else, for sure. Can it be bought in Londonistan, I wonder? Wonder what the Unitarians are up to these days? It's a bit hard to understand. Cramer. Sounds like they believe in nothing, and accept everything..or something. Ledeen, quoted in Powerline, re the Dem's war against Bush - he gets it exactly right: No one can doubt that this is a willful disinformation campaign, aimed at paralyzing and then destroying the president. I do not think people in the White House have ever fully appreciated their peril.
Wednesday, August 2. 2006
Ned gets jiggy with the poverty pimps and the net nutjobs. Michelle. I suspect that they have no idea who Ned is or what he is about. And do not care, if they can own him. Did he have to pay ("donate") to these people to show up? Can someone please find out? If these folks had power, what would they do to the the rest of us?, asks Captain Ed. Supporters of Lamont have now put Lieberman in minstrel show blackface - no joke - image on right. I have no doubt that the blacks of Bridgeport will come out in droves to support a rich, white Greenwich prep school country clubber heir of multi-millions who probably doesn't have a single Dem golf buddy. Could these folks even be caddies at his club, or could Maxine Waters get a job as a waitress there? To make things more ridiculous, to please the teacher's union, Ned has come out opposing charter schools. Come on, Ned. Your kids went to the most exclusive private school in the USA. Why shouldn't everyone have a choice like Ned did? And, BTW, black voters support school choice. Is it all about, for these people (not Ned, tho), get the Jew? You have to wonder. Politics makes strange bedfellows, but this is ridiculous. Whatever he had to "donate" to them to come to the wilds of wealthy, suburban CT, he will owe them, big-time. Honestly, I think Ned is a good, well-intentioned, innocent fellow with peculiar Socialist family politics which he inherited along with his J P Morgan $, but this is getting WIERDER and WIERDER. CT voters are not racist (Lieberman is strongly supported by instate black politicians), but they aren't Al Sharpton and Maxine Waters fans. My opinion? Ned has gone over the edge, partly because of inexperience, and partly out of naivete. The support of the Lefty blogs, extortionist Jesse Jackson, and con-man Al Sharpton, is the kiss of death: Lieberman wins, either way. Update: To his credit, Lamont had that blackface image removed. Or, I should say, "scrubbed." Update: Ex-Donk sees it the same way.
 Wow. It is quite wonderful, in a way, in Yankeeland. 103 in our CT valley.
Enjoy it, luxuriate in it. Complaining is for babies. Pretend to be a wisteria vine, reaching for the sun, or one of those giant patches of happy, heat-intoxicated crabgrass in my lawn. Watch those Beefsteak tomatoes in the garden turn redder by the day. In January, you will pay good money to travel to such temperatures and blue skies. We'll only have this kind of astonishing heat for a couple of more days. If I didn't have a case coming up, I'd call this a pool, book, nap, and gin and tonic day. Throw a few of those giant ice blocks in the pool, and float on them like a Polar Bear. Got the grandkids coming this weekend, so the iceman cometh. And, to all of you greenies - please turn off your a/c in your cars, homes, and workplaces. You are destroying the planet. If you turn it on, you are a fraud and a hypocrite. Do not tell me, like Al Gore, that he needs his but you can't have yours. I promise you that his house on his tobacco farm in Tennessee has a/c. And if your workplace refuses, stand out front today with signs and protest that your workplace is killing Gaia with its wasteful a/c. It'll be a big hit: you will be popular and folks will thank you for having the courage to stand up for Gaia. Be a hero, and try it!
 Wish I owned some of the private equity in YouTube. It's a great site, and a great service, and has already overtaken MySpace. Watch out, eBay. Wonder if Google will try to buy them before the $ gets higher.
Slacker males: Not the greatest generation. Viking Stick with Babalu for Castro death watch #2713. New work on the genetics of autism. Science Daily A little tour through hell: Not with Vergil - Maxed Out Mama visits the Dem blogs. Not a pretty sight. Getting it straight: Terrorists don't have to follow the rules. The West has to. I agree with that thesis, as long as we kill the terrorists. Dem Project gets a bit upset about the double standard. Who doesn't? Happy to say that Israel is moving in with adequate ground troops. And Hezbollywood may turn out to be the scam story of the year: people believe what they want to believe. No work ethic in Europe. They subscribe to the "Vacation Ethic." But what about people who want to work hard, and do things, and not laze about like cows in a field? Tangled Rick reviews the decline of chivalry in warfare. Part of the world is still in the "try to be chivalrous" mode, and the rest doesn't give a damn. Media Lies: This time, the Detroit News. Israpundit SPP and NASCO: The most under-reported major story of the year. RWH
Tuesday, August 1. 2006
A few interesting pieces: First, from this new piece by Jimmy Carter, a man who has always been in utter denial of evil and detructiveness in the world and the easiest con target on earth. He blames the war on Bush (wasn't it great the way the "Peace Process" worked before Bush?): The general parameters of a long-term, two-state agreement are well known. There will be no substantive and permanent peace for any peoples in this troubled region as long as Israel is violating key U.N. resolutions, official American policy and the international "road map" for peace by occupying Arab lands and oppressing the Palestinians. Except for mutually agreeable negotiated modifications, Israel's official pre-1967 borders must be honored. As were all previous administrations since the founding of Israel, U.S. government leaders must be in the forefront of achieving this long-delayed goal. A major impediment to progress is Washington's strange policy that dialogue on controversial issues will be extended only as a reward for subservient behavior and will be withheld from those who reject U.S. assertions. Direct engagement with the Palestine Liberation Organization or the Palestinian Authority and the government in Damascus will be necessary if secure negotiated settlements are to be achieved.
All I can say is this: if these terrorist guys were calm, rational, and humane, the problem would have been solved by Jimmy Carter himself - if not by Nixon. No need to read it all - the guy is in LalaLand. He had his chance, and he kissed Yasir Arafat. Decades later, he still wants to drop love bombs. Second, Tracinski at RCP, asks "If the Iranian strategy is so clear, why can't we deal with it?" Damn good question. Everyone knows that Iran is using Hezbollah's war in Lebanon to distract attention from its nuclear weapons program. The Iranians were given a July 5 deadline to suspend uranium enrichment or face "serious consequences." The contemptuous Iranians declared that they wouldn't reply for another six weeks, on August 22. Then Hezbollah--a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iran's Revolutionary Guards--initiated their war in Lebanon, and no one has paid attention to the Iranian nuclear program for the past three weeks. Now, finally, we are sending a new resolution to the UN Security Council--giving Iran until August 31 to agree to talks or face another months-long debate about whether we will impose sanctions against them. The Iranian strategy to buy time is utterly transparent and not especially clever. It is simple to defeat: declare that Hezbollah's aggression against Israel is proof of Iran's evil intentions and that we don't require any further diplomatic justification to bomb Iran's nuclear sites and bring down its regime. Instead, Western leaders fell for the Iranian strategy, and the Iranians have pretty much gotten what they wanted.
Third, a quote from Dershowitz in The Front Page: Sunday was a day of great triumph for Hezbollah. Its tactics had worked. By launching rockets at Israeli civilians within yards of a building filled with refugees, Hezbollah had induced Israel to make a terrible mistake. Its defensive rocket had missed the Hezbollah launchers and hit the civilian building. That was Hezbollah’s plan all along. As Israelis wept in grief over the deaths of the Lebanese children, Hezbollah leaders celebrated its propaganda victory. Yes, Hezbollah was happy that an Israeli rocket had killed Lebanese children. The children were now in paradise, martyrs to Hezbollah’s cause. Israel was being condemned throughout the world for “killing” children—“massacre” was the most common word used in the Arab media. The Israelis apologized, but that was not enough to put out the flames of anger or to quiet the shrill calls for revenge.
Where were the men in the Qana rubble? The mystery grows. SISU Cuba's hereditary dictatorship: What is his brother Raul like? Breibart. Charming fellow. French ban topless sumbathing in Paris. I knew they were nuts, but this is the final proof.
An interview with Roger McGuinn. PopMatters. h/t, Althouse AOL to unveli strategic direction on Weds. I can't wait. CT newspapers support Lieberman: NYT supports challenger, but can't quite explain why. Calif. Yank This absurd statement by the French: Iran is a respected, stabilizing force in the middle east. Is that just diplomat talk? YARGB Ortega poised to be elected in Nicaragua. How nice for them. RTLC Israel wonders what happened in Qana. Size matters. Cartridge size and efficiency. h/t, Alphecca. My question - who cares about efficiency? The list of lone Moslem shooters in the US grows longer. Anyone see a pattern yet? Ramsey Clark plans emergency march against US support of Israel. Why? Hez promises "next big battle" will be against the Leb politicians. This does not sound promising. Big Pharoah Obrador shuts down Mexico City to protest losing the election. No wonder Mexico is such a mess. This goes beyond being a sore loser. The photo proof that Haz is shooting from houses, in violation of Geneva.
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